On 07/01/2010 06:26 AM, Merciadri Luca wrote:
Hi, I've never used AMD-based computers, and I've therefore always chosen i386 as I habitually deal with Intel stuff. The fact is that I've got to install Debian on an AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core. The AMD world is totally stranger for me. I would like to know if there are (nontrivial) differences in the installation process/in choices to make for Debian's install.
No. High Street stores sell all make and model of AMD-powered machines running Windows. That is because AMD's complete desktop and server line of CPUs is designed to be x86-compatible.
(Note, though, that while Intel broke off to create the incompatible Itanium, AMD *extended* the 32-bit x86 instruction st to 64 bits, and Intel had to catch up when they saw what a huge technical and market success it was. Thus, the popular 64-bit arch is amd64.)
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